Well that didnt take long...

[sportscurmudgeon]

Matty:

You are correct; the rookie cap is a separate number calculated by a specific formula.

HOWEVER, the rookies have to fit into the team cap; they are not over and above the team salary cap. A couple of years ago, the 49ers were in a position where they had to make trades on draft day or lose their picks because they would not have had enough money to pay the picks because of their cap problems. As I recall, they released a player of two that day and traded down to get a boatload of 5th and 6th round picks that would be "minimum salary contracts".

The other issue with rookie contracts at the very top of the draft is that while they can be cap freindly for a couple of years, they tend to blow up quickly because they have big signing bonuses AND they tend to be heavily backoaded so the player can get an ego massage and say he has a $50M deal. By year three or four, some of them are pretty burdensome. For example: Samuels, Chris.

[IowaSkinsFan]

This move puzzles me. Daniels most certainly will not play RDE, as the team will be looking for more an impact pass rusher for that spot, along the lines of Kearse, Berry or Wistrom.

So that means Daniels will most likely be the LDE. Was he signed for depth or to start? I have not seen contract numbers on him, which is usually a good indicator, ala Brunell.

Wynn is still under contract, so is Daniels backing him up, is Wynn backing him up, or is Wynn a potential June 1st cut?

[Gmanc711]

Wynn has a pretty big cap number, next year I belive, so It wouldnt SHOCK me if he was cut, although hes the best dlinemen we had last year.